As a child I was obsessed with anything related to the ocean, especially if it was underwater and long before I started diving I had seen enough James Bond movies featuring Rolex, Breitling and Omega dive timepiece, as well as ads for beautiful analogue dive watches in magazines and newspapers to ‘know’ that if you were going to be a real diver you needed a fancy analogue dive watch to

Check out some of my new stock underwater footage as they become available for licensing through Nimia. Footage can be purchased instantly for any project ranging from commercial to private use. For additional clips or requests please use the contact section of this page.     These will include a variety of underwater videos as well as travel related clips so be sure to check back weekly to see whats

Check out the latest issue of the Freediving magazine which features some of my images along with the second installment of Linda Paganelli’s article on equalisation…       

Check out this months souvenir edition of Digital Camera Magazine featuring some of my freediving photography. I’ve enjoyed reading this awesome magazine for years so I am very grateful to have my work be featured!      

Originally featured on Amanzi Magazine: Being from Cape Town I have spent years underwater exploring and photographing kelp forests, diving with everything from sharks and seals to whales and even otters while discovering the immense diversity our local marine ecosystems has to offer.         Now as a Freediving Instructor Trainer and Judge I have been fortunate to be at a very central role during the most significant

In all the time I have been involved with underwater photography, some of the most frequently recurring questions / topics of conversation among amateurs and professionals regarding underwater camera housings have been centered around two topics:   –          What is the ‘best’ underwater camera housing? –          Camera housing ‘so and so’ is garbage because…   Underwater Photographers DSLR Housing and strobe setup…         This article will discuss

The second issue of the brand new Freediving Magazine is out and features a variety of articles from several professional freedivers on a wide range of topics. Issue 2 of the new Freediving Magazine   This issue also includes a great article on equalisation for freediving by record Italian Freediver, Linda Paganelli of Freedive Dahab discussing several challenges and offering some advice on better equalisation as well. The article also

The last few weeks I was fortunate enough to be called upon to work as the main underwater cameraman (while freediving) for a new mini series called Oceanminded which is to be featured on EpicTV.com                                                A clip of myself filming blacktips courtesy of Emil Sergel   Filming

I am extremely happy to be featured as ‘Photographer Of The Week’ on the prestigious Dive Photo Guide – Underwater Photography & Video website this week. Thank you very much to Lia Barrett for the awesome article and to Linda Paganelli for being such a great freediving model! Full article can be viewed on thr DPG website here:    

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